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The 2013 Apple MacBook Air 13″ A1466 Disassembly

In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the 2013 Apple MacBook Air 13″ A1466. I will remove the battery, RAM, SSD, wireless card, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.

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Remove all screws from the back cover.
Remove all screws from the back cover

After removing the back cover, you can access the battery, SSD, wireless card, speakers, heat sink, and cooling fan.
Close-up of the laptop after removing the palm rest

Cooling fan
Cooling fan

Heat sink
Heat sink

Samsung PCI-E SSD
SSD

Wireless card
Wireless card

LCD cable
LCD cable

Remove the five screws securing the battery and disconnect the battery power cable.
Battery

Under the battery, you can find the touchpad.
Touchpad

Right speaker
Right speaker

Left speaker
Left speaker

Samsung 128GB SSD
Samsung 128GB SSD

Wireless card
Wireless card

Heat sink and cooling fan
Cooling system

Cooling system

The Intel Core i5 processor integrates the Intel HD 5000 graphics card, which is directly soldered to the motherboard, making it impossible to upgrade.
Intel Core i5 processor

Apple MacBook Air 13″ A1466 motherboard
Motherboard

Motherboard

Elpida DDR3 RAM chips
Elpida DDR3 RAM chips

Via chiphell.com

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